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Metro Detroit Photographers

January 18, 2014

Detroit People Photographers Mary DuPrie Metro Detroit Photographers… loving me some ring light.  My love of the ring light is on and off.  It can be a tricky light to use.  The ring light has a very distinct hard edge look.  You normally see it used as a main light and you see fashion photographers […]

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Metro Detroit Portfolio Photographers

January 17, 2014
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  Detroit Fashion Photographers Mary DuPrie Metro Detroit Portfolio Photographers, we need to have lots of different techniques in our arsenal to give a model the variety they need.   A portfolio is built up over time.  I often have people call and ask for a “portfolio”, using that phrase I know they are just starting […]

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Modeling Photographers Michigan

January 15, 2014
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Modeling Photographers Michigan Modeling Photographers Michigan quite a diverse bunch.  We all work very differently from one another and have different comfort levels.  Mine has changed drastically over time.  Years ago I didn’t allow anyone on set, not even the makeup artist.  I didn’t like the feeling of someone standing behind me, judging me.  Well […]

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Detroit Michigan Modeling Portfolio Photographers

May 31, 2012
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Metro Detroit Portfolio Photographers Mary DuPrie Detroit Michigan Modeling Portfolio Photographers.  I generally start a session by asking which side of the face the client tends to favor.  Women generally know and tell you, men say they don’t know.  If they don’t know I’ll look at how they part their hair which “might” give me […]

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Modeling Comp Cards and Portfolios Michigan

January 18, 2012
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Metro Detroit Portfolio Photographers Mary DuPrie Oh, that’s easy… I mentioned to my friend Eric that I liked how retouching sites had rollover images showing their before and after retouching samples.  I actually taught myself how to retouch by analyzing various rollovers.  I would mouse over them again and again, especially paying attention to the […]

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Catalog Modeling In Detroit…

January 13, 2012
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Detroit Michigan Modeling Portfolio Photographers Mary DuPrie They are few and far between… in a nutshell.  Models are not being flown out of Detroit to do many shoots.  Lucrative shoots will be booked out of  New York, LA, Chicago or Miami.  So unless you are signed with an agency in one of these cities those […]

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Model Comp Cards Productions Plus/The Talent Shop

January 6, 2012
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  Detroit Michigan Comp Card Photographers Mary DuPrie I normally have an order when I shoot comp cards for the day.  Today I wanted to shoot on the east side of the building but unfortunately the sun had already gone around to the south side and there were no cool floor patterns to be had. […]

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Free Detroit Area Modeling Agencies List 2011

September 27, 2011
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Detroit Michigan Comp Card Photographers Mary DuPrie I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with the list information I’ve been gathering on local Detroit area modeling agencies.   Perhaps just keep it for clients who booked me for a shoot. I decided to go hog wild and list all the info I […]

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